Stephen Colbert’s Daughter Madeleine Carlisle Lands New Job After Exiting ’60 Minutes’

Stephen Colbert famously exited CBS after the network cancelled “The Late Show,” slamming the brakes on his 11-year tenure as host.

Now, Colbert’s daughter, Madeleine Carlisle, is likewise cutting ties with the Tiffany Network, quitting her job at the network’s most prestigious news show in order to explore greener pastures.

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Farewell to ’60 Minutes’

Reports emerged that Colbert’s journalist daughter was following her dad’s lead in exiting CBS in the wake of his final “Late Show” back in May.

Per USA Today, Status News was the first to report that Carlisle — 30-year-old daughter of Colbert and wife Evelyn McGee Colbert — had left her job as “60 Minutes” associate producer, just a month before the debut of the venerable newsmagazine’s 59th season.

“The Yale University graduate, who joined “60 Minutes” in 2022, contributed to a report on Pennsylvania’s fight against election misinformation, an Emmy-nominated segment about President Donald Trump’s pardon of Binance cryptocurrency exchange founder Changpeng Zhao and a sit-down with Sen. Rand Paul. She previously held roles as a staff writer at Time and politics editorial fellow at The Atlantic,” noted USA Today.

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Return to The Atlantic

Days after that report, Deadline revealed that Carlisle had already secured a new job, returning to The Atlantic, where she’d previously served as an editorial fellow in 2018 and 2019.

Carlisle was announced as a staff writer in a memo that described her hiring as “a homecoming” for the journalist.

“A bunch of us sensed that, sooner or later, she would be coming back to us,” wrote editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a memo.

“Maddie was a very successful member of the 2018–19 fellowship class who went on to cover politics, law, and gender issues for Time magazine,” the memo continued. “She then joined the ’60 Minutes’ team, where she worked with correspondents Scott Pelley, Anderson Cooper, and Cecilia Vega on their stories, including one about crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao that earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding investigative coverage.”

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A Flurry of ’60 Minutes’ Exits

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Interestingly, Carlisle’s exit from “60 Minutes” follows those of all three on-air correspondents Goldberg referenced in his memo.

Cooper announced he was quitting the show earlier this year, ending 20 years with “60 Minutes.”

Cooper’s departure was followed by Vega being let go. Shortly after, Pelley was fired after reportedly clashing with recently appointed “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton, hired by controversial CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss.

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On-Air Shuffle

Following those high-profile departures, in late July CBS News announced that veteran journalist Norah O’Donnell was becoming an official “60 Minutes” correspondent.

“Norah is a powerhouse,” Bilton said in a statement. “You’ve seen her all over the network. She’s launched a new podcast. And you’ll see much more of her in our halls because Norah will be a correspondent on ’60 Minutes.’”

At the same time, Bilton announced some new hires for “60 Minutes.” Along with O’Donnell, the show added New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat, documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger, former Vice News journalist Gianna Toboni and British writer and TV host Trevor Phillips.